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, , // b S s , • *t . • • • Ail c e i a :F4 rd 4. • %Ey •af Opt [ r. " 1 • 1 ! 40 • tql a lf 4 1 1 4 kt .- - ,v r • • • • • lax 4 9 0 w ip t iic •ol . 4 -Jo - • " • ntt„,4. f~ S P tt,_PER IPMEMBER! WE WAIT SUPPER for you n ot after the Covent Garden Opera, at EVANS'. Fail k I NAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. 4 1118 celebrated Old IRIS El WHISKY r i va l s th e fi nes t 44, CEE BRANDY, It 1, „ I Pure Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. acid th. Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in L on don ; by it AZents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 4e R ' G REAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. rve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded , s LL Whisky." b ES 1837. iIITANNIA TA LIFE BLISHED ASSURANCE En, ('OM PANY. — POWered by special Act of Parliament 4 Viet., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. attverYe lowest rates of erDium consistent th security. klue various Tables, some of which arc peculiar to this Com eYerY have of been studiously adapted to the requirements of class Assurers. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. *VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND GENERAL ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. 8111 December, 1864. c, II ._ () TICE HEREBY GIVEN, that an Extraordinary qeral Meeting of the Shareholders of this Association i t 4 be he'd on NV DNESDAY, the 21 s t day of December, p ia ant, at the Office of the Company, No. 8, St. Martin's cot", CharhrY-cross, London, W.C., at One o'clock p.m., to pi n , 4 der the b propriety of amalgamating with, or transfer or,' the business of the Association to, one or more company Isi l e, 4l ,,Panies formed or to be formed with limited liability, t thought expedient, to authorise the Directors to carry "v Met such amalgamation and transfer. By Order of the Board. JOHN RON. CORMACK, Secretary. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836. Offices -1, Dale-street, Liverpool ;20 and 21, Poultry, 7 , Cornhill, and 56, Charing-cross, London. REVENUE IN 18,73. dire Premiums £580,000 Lire Premiums Interest on Investments 160,000 £930,000 I , Agencies are estiblished for effecting bo h Fire and Lif e hqets ttran the and facilitating the payment of Premiums in all Ar ofworld. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. rvernber, 1864 HE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION (Limited 'POrated (with Limited Liabillty) under "The Com -panies Act, 180.t.Ltal " .£5 0 ,0003 in 5,000 shares of £lO each ; Lion application and £1 on allotment. tteb DIRECTORS. eri Bell, Esq., F.R.5.1., 15, York-street, Portman-square. etarles Kingsford, Esq., Belmont house, Lewisham. '!'aries Morris, Esq., 45, South-street, Grosvenor-squire. s'nlreg Reynolds, Esq., Allhallows Chambers, Lombard -street. 4Monet W. H. C. Wellesley, 10, Wilton-street, Belgrave -1 11 44 Geo. Witt, Esq., 3, King's Bench-walk, Temple. BANKERS, I 'lcssrs. Dimsdale, Lrewett, Fowler, and Barnard. • SOLICITORS. Mes , rs. Bevan and Whiting. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) R. H. Patterson, Esq. Offices (temporary)-6, Old Jewry, E.C. Ap th e ho- object of this Association is to furnish the press and Public of England, the Continent of Europe. and the te r t(tri world with a fuller and more rezular supply of egraphic intelligence than the present system provices. %4PPlications for shares to be made at the b inkers or to the ie w e tarY, or at the temporary offices of the Company, 6, Old THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION. Tt i n OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SUBSCRIP -0,,0, LIST will be CLOSED on the 15th inst., at. Twelve ap,r-C for.abro London, and on the following day for the Country R. H. PATTERSON, Secretary. TO-NIGHT at 8, and Daily at 3 and 8. 01 VIINIODORE NUTT and MINNIE WA RR EN. 1 1Z 4 ° Celebrated COMMODORE NUTT, the Smallest Man ‘ve,,,•"R . ,,! Twenty Years of Age, Twenty-nine Inches high and tat t irung but Twenty-four Pounds, having concluded his T:, 118 three years' engagement in America, for which he iiv„ed from Mr. P. T. BARNUM the munificent sum of la h , s tY THOUSAND DOLLARS has the honour Publie of London that hewn! make his FIRST 114y 4 ARANCE in the OLD WORLD at ST. JAMES'S Piccadilly TO - NIGHT, assisted by the Won rfAr Miss MINNIE' WARREN, sister of Mrs. GENERAL ,Wo i ,THUMB, the Smallest Lady of her a , le in the likt' l, l). Eighteen Years old, Twenty-four Inches Weicrliing Nineteen Pounds only—a BACHELOR and Vki„E of mature age, and more than usual intelligence, and together, less than an ordinary child of three B— Nature's smallest edition of her , e , ioicest works. 'N.,' Elfin couple will give TWO LEVEES DAILY at N l ; e e and Eight p.m., in a most interesting MELANGE , bt Dances, Duets, &c., including Commodore NUTT 1 4 ' "'rated ersonations. THE DRUMMER BOY, SAILOR, O , FOGERTY, 'THE CURE, DRUNKARD, tla„. 11) SPEAKER (with ten changes of costume), JIM - vv (in the character of a Crow). and his wonderful feati! c. ac, and Miss MINNIE EN in her Songs, Daces, and Duets, appearing in 4e r "-iE DIFFEREN T COSTUMES at each Levee, from eOstly and magnificent wardrobe. j, T here will be a CHANGE of PROGRAMME at each thehe e magnificent MINATURE COACH drawn by Four of q, Smallest PONIES in the world, the whole a present from r,nerat Tom Thnmb to Commodore Nutt, attended by Elfin G i chman and Footman i n Li very, w ill convey t h ese ,),f„ IE TLE 'S HALL WONDERS tetween their HOTEL an d ST. ' 4 S. te‘tl res rnis ersved ion, stal 12 , 5,i., s. e ary ach. l 3s. To be obtained at the Hall. A Ch ildren under 10 half price to the 25., 35., and ss. places.: 58 --- rH REPRESENTATION of the WIZARD ft kuiti pf theNORTII —TO-NIGHT, at Eight-I+Bth Repro- Zlle 84 not the Woiltx.r , in AA.U.,.—Miss ANDERSON, fired at gI i " t J e & S Z I A Plee2asiiilllyn.d 3s. To be TYing My . ste - ry and Cabinet Seances. by Miss Lizzie ep er vraon nd Mr. Sutton, will terminate the Programme Y Evenaing and Saturday Afternoon.in 4 ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. l'o sl ,2ollN PARRY, will appear in THE RIVAL COM -1,(11„,."-"'.8 (for a limited number of representatiors). To be ,Al t ,,"'„ed by THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY. (Mr. and 44 "ERMAN REED). Shakespearian Visions of Rosa htiah, Witch Touchstone, and Ariel, illustrated by Mrs. Ger- WA Ree. ' Cone uding with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE 1; by by Mr. JOHN PARRY. tieri; fe ,r.Y Evening (except Saturday) at 8. A Morning E epre ,ald 4 " 0 0 every Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Unreserved seats, ls. Net i :_;; stalls, 3s. ; stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be eu In. advance, without tee, at the Gallery. %,„.._ EOXF O R , 6, OXFORD STREET, W. 0 11 , e Oxford and Canterbury Hell Company (limited). Co h , - `gqIEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera N th i • ,, l glie), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the "Ring of Boeotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and kildlPirited "llilliho " Chorus, b Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, tri g horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, k4;` 1 ",.,a, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; d final Minn st I),e_blalop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz •(.`Y. Barrie T rrell and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and Nies and Revival of NORMA (Norma, Miss Russell) ; Adel t.A4'Ntadame Maria`; and Selections from MARTHA and s r l ItAVI I. ATA ; together with Locke's celebrated Music TAE Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talli)tt. ISIONSTRE CIIARME, by M. SILVESTRE. b'AUBANS in their famous Character Sketches. Ml -111 „edY, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON t i , I t t n ay AY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of , Z e trumental Solos, &0., &c. L- Ng e g a aylsion—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, le. ; private 6d. &-NTERBURY HALL. T he Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). , t ito k inPUME and BOUQUET, the NEW OPTICAL MUT 'top."' in Which the whole resources of the establishment are T,ght into requisition, written by Mr. W. F. Vandervell. Usual Operatic Selections, the Anthropophaglnian, I V, ( ill ed) , by Mr. W. Randal', T. Stacey, W. Hilton, and the ikei_dos Indian Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Milton and t07 31 3' ; Illustrations of Negro character by LITTLE 808. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. ......... YA I, CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern TerminusN Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. Operatic ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS. Dteratic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON. AB Comio strength of the Company includes ANNIE t1 , ,.,8, WELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO. uURNE Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and "Y L to„. ES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, 'rat appearance in England. 'lriarkent prices —Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, ls. lanager and Conductor, Mr. C. GRE VILLE. gAtIAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, „N,,established 29 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. ;, ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL ,N,.,',k,LER taken from life, and corrected from the Cast At i , - ,, 0 Y Doc 'tor is Donovan, of the Phrenologio .1 School, 111, now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ad mittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. A I tGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. V I' , the celebrated Paganini Cornet. will play during , lev; °o Guar. c Gua' Waltz, Wapping Old Stair s , S a lly in our igsai; Vaust, and other novelties. Lugi Curti, Chef d'Or ktprea%has arranged for this occasion selections f rom Tro alartha, Huguenots, with a series of new dance music. Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. F, E A, - - Air . Mr FqKFT L'S PATENT,—The „ •-- ,k- 1 j,,-'keiCcelusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. OtY' s ' ir Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma torp,t ,;al , eal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at ,t1.2444,'nee, where specimens maybe seen, and . every infor r , htit c all be obtained. Under this Patent, A rttficial Teeth, t..a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without (14,(41 oxtractions. They support loose teeth, and protect 4;7ltta.b le t ns ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un to,,ytuan and they are guaranteed tor mastication and -gout;"°11 T fr r e e e atise on the subject sent for seven stamps. s OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. pihlietailkell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing ki"eose "th, and so constructing them that they last their 4, ,14 1 ,„„ 4 lifetime. process has been patented, ; 6 0, -- `"es tO be most valuable."—Court Journal, August t 4 Ae°4l„r„siltlsing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth , tp h `eet bY patented principle, which secures the most '44.111, ',,COrtlbined with the greatest ease and agreeable D tea Morning Advertiser, August 0, 1860. (ii, "v ,Yed teeth stopped, a Terms striotly moderate. reflor-street, Bond&-street, N°. 22,611. NEW NOVEL BY THE REV. J. N. BELLEW Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., B I, 0 UNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. N. BELLEW. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NT P It 0 V EN. " The object of this book—an object which is very successfully attained—is to portray with vi,,our and pathos the trials of a young girl who is perfect y innocent in truth, but is thrown on the world by a verdict of 'Not Proven.' The character of Rosetta Pierce is drawn with a powerful hand and with considerable judgment." —Ai henwum, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 325., MEXICO: ANCIENT AND MODERN. By MICHEL CHEVALIER, Member of the Institute and Senator of France. "We wish to express our high sense of the conscientious industry it displays, the philosophic views it contains, and the tone of philanthropy which pervades it."—The Times, llec. 8, 1864. John Max well and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. NEW WORK, EDITED BY LIEUT. WARNEFORD, R.N. This Day, price 26., Never before Print3d, SK ED ADD L London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. Just published, price 25., THE BEAUTIFUL DEMON. A Tale of Love, Intrigue, Treachery, and Revenge. Also, uniform with the above, price 2s. each, INCOGNITA. LADY DETECTIVE. SKITTLES. ANNIE. ANONIMA. KATE HAMILTON. AGNES WILLOUGHBY. 11 I. le rm ze.tt n comm. WOMEN OF Lotroursr,z.. oa.. I FANNY WHITE. -- PVT. FROLICS Of , A YOUNG SCAMP. London: George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Price Is. each, never beforeprinted. p HAN TOM CRUISER. Edited by LieIIt.WARNEFORD, R.N. MISSES AND MATRIMONY. By Captain KNOLLYS. SPELL-BOUND. By U. A. BIRD. *** All who desire a merry Christmas will buy these books, John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVELS-AT ALL LIBRARIES. DOCTOR'S WIFE, 1 By the Author of LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET. Fifth Ediii,;il.s.;3l;.;iiic; 31s. 6cL THE BEE-HUNTERS. By GUSTAVE AIMARD. THE MAN IN CHAINS. By O. J. COLLINS. HENRY DUNBAR. By Author of LADY Au OEM'S SECRET. SINGED .310THS. By Author of SACKVILLE CHASE. THE JOLLY BOAT. By Lieut. WARNEFORD, R.N. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVELS—AT ALL LIBRARIES, BROKEN ¶0 HARNESS. By EDMUND YATES. 3 vols., price 31s. 6d. G ASPAR TRENCHARD. By BRACEBRIDGE IltmvNG. ASKERDALE PARK. By a CLERGYMAN. 2 vols. MAGGIE BELL. By WARWICK 110LME. 2 vols. MARTIN TO BIN. By LADY CAMPBELL. 3 vols. DANGEROUS CONNEXIONS. 3 vols. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Flcet-street, SECOND ANNUAL PUBLICATION. This day is published, price 10s. 6cl STATESMAN'STHE YEAR-BOOK. A Statist:cal, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised World FOR THE YEAR 1865. By FREDERICK MARTIN. Macmillan and Co., London and Cambridge. This day, demy Syn., One Shilling, - - - OUR INTERESTS IN CHINA. Reasons for the di4solution of the Naval Force under Captain Osborn, C. 8., with general remarks on our Polley in China. By lloßAiio N. LAY, C. 8., Late Inspeetcr-General of Chinese Customs. London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. PROPOSED RAILWAYS IN LONDON AND TEN MILES ROUND. Preparing for Publication, AMAP of PROPOSED RAILWAYS and MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS, deposited at the Private Bill Office, Nov. 30, 1861, for Session 1865 ; a'so, the Railways in Operation, Constructing, and Sanctioned. Price, in sheet, 2s. 6d. ; mounted, in case, 4;4. 6d. London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross, S.W.; and all booksellers. puNcll's POCKET BOOK 1863, Illustrated by JOHN TENNIEL and CHARLES KEENE, is now ready. Price 2s. (id. PUNCH'S ALMANAC 1865, Illustrated by .1 . .. E. MILLAIS, R.A., JOHN TEN NIEL, C. KEENE, F. WALKER, and C. DUMAURIEIO, will be published on the 20th inst. CITY SHOW-R.OOMS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 117, HOUNDSDITCII, Ri-ul SONS' T - AMLE GLASS, JJ Cut and Engraved, of the choicest designs. DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT, and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, and Flower Vases for the present season. --- DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. --- fEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. REFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS in Lamps for India. REFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). DEFRIES and SONS Promptly execute CLUB, Mess, and Gencral Furnishing Orders of China, Glass, REFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS with Pattern Books and Special Designs. TDEFRIES rind SONS h ave j us t a dd e d Fi ve eN• New Show-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. If hey have now on show the largest assor t men t i n t h e worl d - the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR. 248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair fro►n 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at .38. 6d ,or sent tree for 54 stamps. It is most easy of use. ITAIR DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX,. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingr e di en t i n ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, id. PIMPLE REMOVE R.—All diseases ofthe skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &.e 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 st imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, le.; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 60 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, High Holborn, London. PRIZE MEDAL.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., To the Queen and the Plince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to (he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with fatted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .• • • .. :s. lid. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality „. „„ ls. sd. per lb Second quality „. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. Dlt. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVE R PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre )ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who 4uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. , pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual .!ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier A the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera lon and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King. William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. S3otCs Bilious and Liver Pine. The genuine aro a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1864. ORM I'URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying au acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo actin!-able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised s ?ale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 11 0 Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring househ 31d furniture, mrpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places In all parts of Great Brits: r, COB SETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Depti ord bridge, London, S,E, BUS INES SE S.-Mr. ANDREW HIND'S NOVEMBER. LIST, Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &0., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER.-LINE, ST. PAUL'S. TEIGNM OUT H, Devon.—Mr. ANDREW HINT) has received instructions to SELL a Gentle man's _RESIDENCE, with grounds of about 3 acres. The house is pleasantly situate ; contains dining, two drawing rooms, nine bed-rooms, three dressing-rooms, library, house keeper's room and offices, conservatory, garden, three-stall stable, two coach-houses, (to. It stands on high ground, and the views from it are good. Distance from the sea about a mile. Price £2,6oo.—Particulars and cards to view at the City Central Estate Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothinr! equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Baregc cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, Pozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials free on a plication. Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John chemist, 119; G eorge-street NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 105.63. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The City Bank Inquiry,—Examination of Mr. Alderman Mechi, - - - This case, in which Joseph Wakefield Terry and Thos. Butch, the manager and secretary of the late Unity Bank, are charged with having knowingly prepared and published a false statement of tho affairs of the Unity Bank, with in tent to deceive and defraud the members and shareholders of that bank, was on Saturday again resumed at the Man sion-house before the Lord Mayor. The defendants having surrendered to their bail, were accompanied by Detective Sergeants Moss and Webb, by whom they were apprehended. Mr Lewis, jun., again appeared to prosecute on the part of the Committee of Liquidators of the Unity Bank—Mr Sleigh, instructed by Mr Watson, of Cannon-street, ap peared for the defendant Terry—and Mr Metcalfe, in structed by Mr Wontner, sen., appeared for Burch. Mr Humphreys appeared on the part of the directors who had been sub ()mud to give any information and assistance that might be required. The first witness called was Julius Lowenthal!, who said he was in no business at present, and lived at 15, Bishops g de-street, lie was a customer at the Unity Bank, and in the years 1860 and 1861 his draftson that bank were returned dishonoured. In k6l an arrangement was made between him and Mr, Terry with reference to those drafts. 'I he amount of his liabilities to the bank at that time was from £6,000 to £7,000, which included contingent liabilities, The arrangement made was, that the awouut of the dishonoured bills should be set aside, and that he should continue to pay 10 per cent. on them, and that his bills should be renewed. Half of the 10 per cent. was to go in reduction of the prin cipal, and any other bills that the bank discounted should pay the s true rate, and be dealt with the same way. He told Terry if he was pressed he would be obliged to stop. He wee able to procure renewals from the acceptors, who were paid only for a short time. Mr Terry told him ho must have the amounts represented merely for regularity sake, and that witness must draw on somebody else, and that the bills would be readily discounted, it did not matter who it was so that they had his name to them. He told 'ferry he did not know anyone who ho could draw upon, but be would ask Mr Irons des, who was not in business at that time, and who might do so, as he was under obligation to him but he told Terry it was only to represent the amount, and for no other purpose. Nothing was said about Mr Iron sides' position. Mr Terry knew Ironsides' position. He and Mr Terry had had conversations in respect to it, and it was understood that Mr Ironsides was not to be considered liable. Ironsides at that time was worth nothing. He got Ironsides' acceptances for about 5,000, which represented the amount of his dishonoured bills, and these bills were sent to the bank; witness received back the old bills. He reduced his account by the 10 per cent. £l,OOO. When the Unity business went over to the London and Middlesex he had a discount account with the latter bank. They closed a year after, and he owed them about £l,OOO. ;It was not the same debt transferred. He believed after he began to discount at the London and Middlesex he reduced his debt to the Unity Bank about £5OO. He paid the money to Mr Terry. He had nut yet paid any dividend. He was making a proposal of 8d and Pd in the pound. Ho had been bankrupt since October. The Unity Bank had received 3s in the pound before ho was bankrupt. By Mr Sleigh—At the time he paid in the first bills ho was in a genuine way of business, and the bills were bills ho had himself received from his customers in the ordinary course of business. About £7,000 was remaining, and of that £5,000, or about, was paid. If ho had been pressed at that time he must have immediately stopped, and he could not have made any better arrangement for the bank. He thought it was better for the bank that he should go on instead of stopping. The dividends paid by the acceptors, together with his dividend, amounted to more than £1,700. The dividend of 3s amounted to £7OO. By Mr Lewis—The 3s in the pound was paid to the liqudators. Ho considered the bank had received more by the arrangement than if he had stopped. The Unity liqui dators did not make him bankrupt, Mr Alderman Medhi was then called into the witness box, and said his name was John Joseph Mechi. In the year 1856 he was the chairman of the Unity Bank. He was governor, and the name was changed to chairman. The first two years ho received £5OO a year as governor. Ho never received anything as governor while he was director. He thought he received something as director since that time, but he could not say positively. The two defendants were engaged from the commencement of the bank. Birch was, he thought, cashier. Mr G, Chambers was at that time manager to the bank. Testimonials of the very highest cha racter were received, and from the first the feeling of the board towards the defendants was one of great confidence. Mr Terry had been 17 years in Jones Loyd's, and Burch for 12 years in the London and Westminster. Mr Chambers retired in August, 1857. Mr Alderman Mechi recommended Terry to the directors as manager, because he thought he was a proper man and he had great faith in his abilities, and he was appointed manager. The bank had at that time r sustained heavy losses, which were known to the directors, and caused them to part with Mr Chambers as an unsuccessful manager. Mr Chambers had been 28 years with Barnett, Hoare, and Co. At that time the bank certainly could not pay 205 and return the whole of the capital, because it was lost, which the shareholders were perfectly aware of. When it was found that losses wore made that the directors were not aware of a meeting was called to investigate the affairs, and the result was the displacement of Mr Chambers as an inefficient manager. The bank could pay its deposits, and was solvent as re garded its depositors. Mr Lewis—And was it solvent as regarded its proprie tors ? Mr Alderman Mochi said he considered that if the bank could pay the depositors it was solvent. Mr Lewis asked whether ho ever knew a bank that did not pay its depositors. Mr Alderman Mechi said he knew several; the Royal British did not. When Mr Terry was appointed there were rules made for the management of the bank, and entered in the minute book. In December, 1860, a sum of £38,000 was written off as totally lost, after taking counsel's opinion whether it could be properly done together with the opinion and consent of the shareholders. Nothing was ever concealed from or misrepresented to the shareholders by the directors. The writing off of the sum was approved and confirmed at a general meeting, and the report of the meeting and what had been done was taken by a shorthand writer, and sent to all the shareholders, so that those not present might have an opportunity of seeing what had been done. The next balance sheet was on the 29th June, 1861, which showed a profit of £4,066 2e id, and it was proposed to pay a diTidend of 12s 64 per share, and the balance to be carried over to the next half-year. Mr Lewis asked what means was taken to know that it was really made. Mr Alderman Mechi said it was the duty of the manager and secretary to make, as they were directed, a true valua tion of every asset without entering a misrepresentation, and tho directors believed that was done when that balance-sheet was presented. Tho directors instructed the defendants to lay before the auditors who were appointed by the share holders the bills and accounts, and all they ought to see, and keep nothing back, and thought their orders were im. plicitly obeyed. Mr Lewis—Did you take any means of obtaining.the list of the past due bills and debts to the bank ? . _ _ Mr Alderman Mechisaid there was a book containing the amount, but that was left entirely to the manager. The di rectors know nothing of nine-tenths of the customers per- sonally, and therefore had to trust entirely to the manager and secretary as to the means of the customers. The balance sheet was taken to the directors as a true transcript of the state of affairs. The regular accounts on various subjects were laid before the directors every week, but they had no books laid before them to test the truth of the balance-rheet It was the duty of the manager to see the accounts werecon reot. They took no other means to test the truth of the ba lance•sheets beyond referring them to the auditors. The directors did not interfere with the books in making out the balance-sheet. By the Lord Mayor—The balance-sheet was taken from y without making any inquiry, b th e e lie m v a in n g ag it er to an b d a be correct.secret Mr Lewis—Between the balance-sheet of June, 1861, and thzt of June, 1862, did you believe the bank to have improved in condition ? Mr Alderman Mechi said be believed just what was stated in the balance-sheet and report. The balance-sheet of June, 1862, showed a profit of . £3,215, He thought that was a cor rect statement of the iice . Zrautv, .4(1 hut no ickurittlhattima tn. yaws. was m ail:acuities. The balance-sheet was handed to the directors as it appeared in the minute book, which was the same as the one which was published, and having full confidence in the defendants, no steps whatever were taken to ascertain its authenticity. The only balance-sheet ho saw was a copy of the one circulated among the share holders. The manuscript balance-sheet in Burch's hand writing was the one produced to him. Mr Lewis produced another balance-sheet in manuscript, which had been before produced, and which contained the items which were contained in the gross in the one in cit.- culation. Mr Alderman Mechi said that was also in Burch's writing, but he had never seen it before. At the time the balance-sheet was presented he had no knowledge that it was not accurate. The direction to the defendants was imperative to give a true statement. He had at that time no knowledge of the state of the bank as it has since been discovered. That was the last balance-sheet which was presented. The bank shortly after amalgamated. He did not know the real state of affairs until about 12 months after. Mr Alderman Mechi volunteered the statement that he held 535 shares, which was more than one-sixth of the capital. All his brother directors were very large holders, and his loss was excessively heavy. A great portion of those shares were purchased by him for the benefit of the bank at a criti • cal period of its existence. At the time of the failure of the Royal British Bank there was a run on tho Unity. He bought his shares at the price they were worth by the books to give the shareholders confidence. Ho stated that ho took a loan from the bank to purchase the shares, and gave ample secua rity, in addition to all the shares, and told the shareholders at the next meeting all the circumstances, and received the thanks of the directors, At that time he little know what the bank would coma to. Ho had lost £lB,OOO by the bank. In answer to Mr Lewis, Mr Alderman Mechi said he never was aware that Terry had given Bunyard a discharge of his debt in Dec., 1861.. On the 81st Dec., 1861, he was present at a board meeting. There was no entry in the minute book on that date of a loan to Bunyard. Ho was present and signed the minutes, and he did not on that day sanction a loan to Bunyard. There were two loans granted on that day. He could not recollect what the custom was with regard to a renewal of a loan. Ho thought if it were the renewal of a loan it ought to have been placed before them. Bunyard's account was one which he had cautioned Mr Terry continually about, and he was always assured there was ample security. Upon referring to the books Mr Alderman Mechi said if it had been a renewal of a loan it ought to have been brought before the directors. He had knowledge of the assignment of JabEz H. Wood, or of the assignment and release of Perle for £5OO. Perle's was an account upon which they had cautioned the defendant Terry, as it was au account which, with Bunyard and Lowenthal], was a source of anxiety; and Terry continually assured them they were good accounts, and with regard to Perle, Terry assured him he was a good customer. He would say, how ever, in justice to Mr Terry, that he had told him that Perle's stock had been sold off at a great sacrifice, and he had become bankrupt, and he thought ho would pay 12s Gd in the pound. The Lord Mayor asked how much had been paid. Mr Aldet man Mechi said he thought is. By Mr Lewis—Low`enthairs was another account which caused the bank much anxiety, and upon which the directors ccntinually cautioned the defendants. He had no idea that Ironsidcs' acceptances had been substituted for other bills that were worthless. Ho had no knowledge that Ironsidcs' bills were struck out of the books to avoid presentation. The Lord Mayor (to Mr Alderman Mechi)—You appear to have found capital for your customers, instead of them supplying you. (Laughter.) Examination continued—Hall's account was also one upon which Terry was continually cautioned, and he spoke to Terry from time to time about these bills. Mr Lewis--Had you any knowledge that forged bills and bits that had been dishonoured years and years before formed £ 2 07,000, represented as the good assetsof of thean Mr Alderman Mechi said h e h a d no t th e s li g ht es t sus picion of such a thing. There was a book called the cash portions the b it k err of article book which ought to contain bills and cheques that were in transit, or wero too late for clearing, and cheques that were in suspense for a few days. It was the duty of the secretary to read over the items each week to the direc tors at the board meeting. _ _ -- Mr Lewis drew the Alderman's attention to a cheque of Stevens for £1,095, which appeared daily in that book for 12 months. Mr Alderman Mechi said that item had not been read to the directors. It might have escaped the notice of the di rectors as a cheque, but Lot for a twelvemonth; it was against all the rules of the bank. The first time he saw the entry was when Mr Howell pointed it out to him. When he saw the item in the balance-sheet of £38,000 as cash in hand, ho had no knowledge that it contained other than cash articles. lie had no idea that it contained 416,000 thus made up of past due bills. He could never have ima gined or suspected such a thing. An order to make a state inn t f bad, and doubtful was given, but ho not e s b ay ts, to go w o, hdomit Was given. He remembered such a book was prepared. lair Alderman Meehi hero observed that had he known the true state of affairs he should have wound up the bank or dismissed the manager before. In conclusion of his evidence, the alderman said the book pro duced was one that was prepared. It w a s f r om no a u th or ity couldstate mento debts , from him that the dobt of 13unyard did not appear in it in the fist of debts, nor did he give any authority to omit the debt of Sterne or that of Lowenthall. They ought all to have been entered in the book. Debts of Harris and J. B. Wood wore also omitted without the authority of him or the other directors. Ho was present at a meeting of liquidators at which the resolution to prosecute the defendants was passed, and he and all the directors who were present re frained from voting. By Mr Sleigh—The directors gave it to be understood that they took no part in it. With regard to bad debts, he believed that Terry was really in some cases deceived. He believed, with regard to Bunyard's and some of the 'other debts, he had been deceived in the value of the security and had made an error of judgment. The directors knew of the existence of the debts, and when the business of the bank went over the directors believed the amounts were paid. They knew Perle had failed. He did not know at the time that Lowenthal' and the others who had been mentioned had failed. The cash books and other books were laid on the table at the meetings. The loan book was always pro duced before the committee. A weekly report was made to the directors of t he state of the bank. All the letters that came in and all that went out were examined. The makiag loans, the security to be taken, the discounting of the bills, were all discussed by the board. The bills for discount were brought before them. The past due bills ought to have been brought before the board, but there were some that were not. If the past due bills had been brought be fore them they would not have continued to sanction the discount of fresh bills of the same persons. The case was then again adjourned, and the defendants were again admitted to bail. An important ease was tried in the Court of Ex chequer on Friday. An attorney, named James, sued the Oriental Financial Corporation for £loo. under the following circumstances :—The prospectus of the company stated that the capital would be a million, divided into 20,000 shares of £5O each. Applicants for shares were to pay £1 per share in sending in their application, and £1 per share on allotment. Mr James applied for 100 shares, and deposited with the company's bankers £lOO. He had 65 shares allotted to him, making the balance due from him £225. He was advised of the allotment, and informed that if he did not pay the £225 by a certain day the £lOO he had deposited would be forfeited. He took no notice of this letter, nor of several others Which followed. At last he was informed that the £lOO was forfeited. He then sued the company for the £lOO, contending that in the form of his application there was no stipulation as to forfeiture. At the suggestion of the judge yesterday the case went to the jury, who found a verdict for the company, thus deigning that the £lOO was forfeited, THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) When, nearly a month ago,Alr Seward announced to his astonished countrymen the existence of a plot concocted by Southern refugees in Canada to burn to the ground the principal cities of the North on the night of the Presidential election, the revelation was received with a burst of derision. One-half of the public considered the Secretary either to be in dis. creet in making such a statement, or foolishly cre dulous in believing it—while the other half, more complimentary to his savoir faire was of opinion t hat he had either invented the report or given it au thoritative currency, as a pretext for the appoint ment of General Butler to the military command of New York. It appears that on Friday rooms were taken in 16 of the New York hotels by 16 mysterious strangers, none of whom had more luggage than was contained in a small bag carried in the hand—that the 16 strangers, having obtained possession, piled the bedding en chairs and tables, placed a bottle of phosphorus, and in some cases of turpentine under neath, ignited a match, set fire to the clothes,which were previously saturated with the turpentine, or some other liquid; locked the doors, and then with drew, to be seen no more. Some of these persons are said to have been dressed in the uniform of offi cers in the Federal army, the better to avoid sus• picion. A very singular part of the business is, that not one of these 16 attempts was successful; that the fire so kindled created much smoke, but no flame, and that it was in every instance extinguished wish and breakage. The circumstances are certainly re markable, and now that the first alarm has begun to subside, the invention of the people has gone busily to work to account for them. Some believe, and these form by far the largest number, that the 16 conspirators, if there were so many, were Southern agents. Others contend that they were thieves, who intended to create such confusion, by the simultaneous outbreak of so many conflagrations, as to leave ampler scope for professional plunder than was ever enjoyed by the fraternity in any city of the world. A third section of observers—so cynical is the spirit of the time and people—assert that it was never intended to set fire to the city, or to the hotels ; that the beds and bedding were saturated with a solution of sulphate of soda, which rendered them uninflammable, though not incom bustible; that the object was to alarm the people for the safety of their lives and property, and to take advantage of the public terror to reinstate General Butler, as military Dictator, if not to " fire the Northern heart" to such a pitch of fury against the South as to render a conscription nee necessary. There are others, again, who know not what to believe, who have formed no theory to explain the mystery, but who, in default of any other okject on which to veht their ill will, fall foul of Mr Seward, and declare that his announce. wont first pat the idea into the heads of the con spirators, whoever they may have been, and that if it had rot been for his over-zealous babbling, no such wicked act would have recommended itself to any one out of Bedlam. But these latter critics do Mr Seward injustice. The idea did not originate with him, but in a Richmond newspaper, edited by John Mitchell, the Irish exile, which, before Mr Seward said a word upon the subject, openly advo cated the incendiarism of New York and Boston, in retaliation for the devastation of the Shenandoah Valley by General Sheridan. Several arrests ofsus pected persons have been made, but as yet there seems, in spite of the mysteriously suggestive an nouncements of the police that they are on the right treck, to be little reason to believe that there is bet ter foundation for these captures than the indiscreet expression of sympathy with the Southern cause on the part of the supposed culprits. It is urged by many, who do not believe that the Confederate Go.. vernment would disgrace itself by employing its sol diers in the commission of acts so horrible, that the suggestion of the Richmond journal, in conscquence of the additional publicity given to it by Mr Seward, may have fallen upon minds but too well "prepared •tu receive it, and been readily caught at by natives or citizens of the Southern and Border States who have been driven from their homes and reduced to poverty and desperation by the merciless tyranny of such men as Generals Payne, Burbridge, and M'Neil. Many of these have taken refuge, under assumed names, in the Northern cities. The Canadian fron• tier, north of the Great Lakes and the St. Law rence, is filled with the exiles and victims of the war—men who make no secret of their wish to bring home to the Northern people in their own per. sons the miseries which they inflict upon the South ; men who are goaded into violence by a sense of wrong. who sot little value upon their own lives, who think the end justifies the means, and who do not see why Northern women and children, who may be personally innocent of all blame for the war which their husbands and fathers are waging against the South, should not be made to suffer as much as the equally innocent women and children of the Southern and Border States. The 24 raiders who, under Lieutenant Bennett Young, of the Con federate Service, invaded Vermont and plundered the Banks of St. Albans, openly justified their reek-. lessness before the courts of judicature at Montreal, and showed by their whole behaviour of what daring material the Southern armies are composed. The same sort of men may have been engaged in the attempt to burn down this city, and may attempt the same flagitious mode of warfare in Boston, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, if the civil authorities do not exercise unusual caution ; but it is not likely that they were or will be employed by the Confederate Government, which has everything to lose in character and nothing to gain in mate. rial advantage by a resort to agencies so odious, for purposes so abominable. It is also contended by those who reject the idea that the conspiracy was abetted by the Southern authorities that the burn• ing of all the hotels in New York, or even of half the public and private buildings of the city, would have inflicted little or no damage upon the Federal Government ; and that supposing a scheme of wholesale incendiarism to have been for the interest of the South, the public arsenals, the bonded ware house, and the navy yards of Brooklyn or Wash ington would not only have been more easily fired than those private establishments, but that their loss would have been a far more serious calamity to the Northern people than the destruction of a city. But if there be one thing more than another that tends to direct suspicion from reckless and unauthorised Confederates, as well as from the professional plunderers of the city, and direct it towards the party which desires to find or make a pretext for declaring martial law in New York, it may be found in the indecent eagerness with which the Republican journals urge upon the Government the duty of re-appointing General Butler to com mand, not in obedience to, but in suppression of General Dir. " Does any one suppose," asks the Tribune of yesterday, that if General Butler had re mained here these rebels would have remained ? Or does any one now fail to see that Butler's presence for a time frustrated for a time this scheme, which on his departure these rebels at. tempted to carry through ? And although the attempt miscarried—though no real mischief wes done—though the ordinary police and fire agencies were more than sufficient to meet the emergency— the Tribune clamours fir martial law. "The power of the police," it adds, "is limited ; that of martial law is unrestrained. In our judgment the activity of each ought to be commensurate with its power; and New York ought to be in the future not the easy refuge and unmolested home of traitor emi. grants from the South, or traitor sympathisers from the North, but ought to be secure as the home of loyalists and the metropolis of the country. It can be neither if the present state of things is suffered to continue." In other words, although the results of the attempted ineendiarism—if the attempt were L real, and not, as the Americans would soy—bogus, PRICE ..ld STAMPED ....5d were that the police and fire departments were wholly adequate to the extraordinary work so unexpectedly thrown upon them, nothing will satisfy the " loyal" men for whom the Tribune undertakes to speak but Butler and marti 11 law to punish people for the crime of sym pathy, and to exercise "unrestrained power" with an activity commensurate alike with its unrestraint and its enormity. New York has been so wholly engrossed with this new sensation as almost to have forgotten that Gao. Sherman, whom it is the present fashion to place above Grant and all the other Generals whom merit or favour has brought to the Surface, is engaged i❑ one of the most daring as well as most perilous move* ments that a General can make, The mystery that has attended his progress is removed. Foiled by General Hood, and unable to retain his hold upon Atlanta, he has made a virtue of necessity, and commenced a rapid march through the enemy's country, burning and destroying all before him, in hopes to reach the sea, either at Savannah or Charleston, or some such other point on the Geor gian or South 'Carolinian coast as circumstances may recommend, and whither a large Federal fleet may easily proceed to receive him with supplies and reinforcements. The march will be of 350 miles, if successfully accomplished; and if he make a new base for himself on the sea-board, in exchange for his abandoned inland base at Chattanooga, he will have achieved a work that will entitle him to rank as the boldest, the - ablest, and most fortunate commander whom the war has produced. It ltaael - crty)Mtra that the. a bau don meat ofathe -grturd attack which was to have been made upon Wil mington, prior to the day of election, was caused by the necessities of General Sherman—that, having made up his mind to retreat through Georgia, as his only chance of escape from annihilation or forced surrender, he communicated his plans to Wash ington, and requested the co-operation of Admiral Porter's fleet, to be within easy distance of such place or city on the coast as he might succeed in reaching. Sherman is now completely out off from the North and from communication with his own Government, consequently the only news of his movements is derived from Southern sources. But, as the Southern journals have been requested or forbidden to give information through their columns that may be of advantage to the Northern Generals and Government, it is probable that little or nothing will be heard of Sherman—until the North has to announce his triumph or the South his defeat. A levee en masse or landsturnt of the Georgians has been ordered to impede his progress, to harass him in front,rear, and either flank,while General Beauree gard is preparing to contest his advance by more soientifie and perhaps more successful means. General Thomas, whom he left behind either to guard Chattanooga, or to assume such other position as would most assuredly hold General Hood in check, has, it would appear, found himself out. numbered—if not out-generalled—and will either have to give or accept battle for the possession of the city of Nashville and of Western Tennessee. Thus the whole interest of the war settles for the time in the armies of Sherman and Thomas; while Grant and Sheridan remain inactive—too much dependent upon the results else where to risk any independent movement of their own. I think I ventured a fortnight ago to predict that, come what might, the Confederate war ship Florida, piratically sized in the harbour of Bahia, would never be surrendered to the demands of Brazil, or any other Power ; and that if the Federal Govern ment were compelled to apologise to Brazil, and otherwise to make reparation and the antende hon orable, means would be inventid to render it im possible to give up the ship. Toe prediction bus been verifi.d. The E geney I supposed was that of accidental fire. In this reap! et I was wrong. Tee Florida has been accidentally run into by a Federal transport, under heavy pressure of steam, and sunk in nine fathoms of water. The accident wnl impose upon no one. Whether it will tend to exalt the character of the At people or that of their Government in thns.';estimt ion of the, world is a matter in which the majority of the Amer icons will give themselves no concern. It is a " smart Yankee trick," and in a country where smartness ranks among the virtues the captain of the clumsy but effective transport which did the grateful miss chief will doubtless expect to share the applause which has already been bestowed upon Capt. Collins of the Wachusetts, and to be entertained at a public dinner by the solid men of Boston and the solider men of New York. There is but small likelihood that ho R i.l be disappointed. An elementary course of experiments was com menced last week in the factory department of 'Wool wich dockyard, with a view of testing the capacity of petroleum to supersede coal and other fuel on ship board, also in propelling steam machinery in the fac tories. The method adopted is totally distinct from that attempted some time ago in the United States of America, and is the patented invention of Mr C. Y. Richardson, an engineer resicEng at Kensington. He has submitted his plans to the Lords of the Admiralty, and has obtained permission to carry out his suggestion for the benefit of her Majesty's service. The method is exceedingly simple, and, as stated by Mr Richardson during the trials it origi• nated mainly from some comments on the subject contained in an article which appeared in the limes on the 7th of April last. If the experiments should prove successful there is no doubt a recon struction of the navy will be the result, as an enor mous economy will be obtained both in the cost of fuel and in the saving of the immense space now occupied by the coal bunkers to be applied to other purposes. The plan under trial is simply to burn the petroleum through a porous material, which is placed in an iron chamber, dipped into a water vessel also of iron. The oil admitted into the chamber soddens the porous material, and rises by a sort of capillary attraction. The surface then catches fire and burns rapidly as long as the oil is supplied. The affect of the flame is so great that with the small apparatus, which is only two feet superficial, and affixed to a boiler, the oil on Satur day was utilised so as to be equal for steam pur poses to five tons of coals. A third advantage is ob tained by the employment of the petroleum,viz., that no stokers are needed, and the boilers can be supplied with several fires one above another. The small grate used in the experiments was placed under a boiler on 17-horse power, and in two hours it raised the steam to 101 b pressure. The only objection seems to be the fear of explosive qualities, but these Mr Richardson states he is prepared to guard against effectually. ABSURD PoRTRAITs.—There are as much indivi duality and character in the human figure, as in the human face. Every one has some slight peculiarity of ges ture and carriage of body, as lie has idiosynoracy of mind. Assuming this to be so, with how much more character is a portrait in some accustomed position endowed than if re presented in one to which he was unaccustomed. A right rev. prelate, engaged iu the manipulation of three little thimbles and a small pea, or a blind man looking through a stereoscope. would scarcely be in harmony; yet photographs are frequently pet petrated in which ladies and gentlemen are represented it.: positions, and engaged in c . thP l °Yffient't equally as foreign to those in wh ich their friends usually see them. The conventional pillar and curtain are becoming intolerable. The conventional Smith or rPprcsentetive Jones, attired in his habit as lie lives (say the guinea paletot and the 16s. trousers), seldom has the opportunity of testing his elbow on the base of a fluted column ; ithe:r is he often interrupte d in the study of his favourite author (one finger between the leaves of the book) seated in a lady's boudoir, radiant with bouquets and toilet bottles, nor with a mass of unmeaning drapery mixed up with his hair, like the hood of an excited cobra, When two or more persons are token in one picture, it is no uncommon thing to see them standing without any connection whatever with each other, as isolated and independent as the statuettes on the board of an Italian image-man; cr else, as if desir ous of emulating the silver bells and cockle-shells of per verse Mary, celebrated in the nursery ballad—all in a row. —Dickens's All the Year ,INolq." E. The Cyclone at Mae pate - 1?-; The following are extracts from privet -tht " - e re.v ee Ne eee a " Maeulipatane, e veeer ee - y "T" ti only write a short note to tell you.teibea s --- thankful for us and our preservation. A most awful calamity has happened to this place. On the night of the Ist we had a most furious gale, with torrents of rain, which brought up the sea upon the place, though we are three or four miles from it. In our compound it was Oft or 7ft deep, carrying every thing movable before it. Our house is well raised, so little came in, but those who were lower had the water in according to their position; and you may fancy the condition of the poor natives and the 8 (4) 0 3' 8 , who live in mud-walled huts on the ground. The Sepoys' houses were literally swept away, and about 200 nun, women, anti children, perished. It was in the dead of night, which made it more a ;slut. In the large native town the loss can hardly be ea:ciliated ; but psoPio c s u a t y is 2,000.t0 u bury ry hope the dead, ht alsot is x A t t or c a a t t e t d le . , The difli4 so numerous. We have lost a va l ua bl e horsewhih are c t end three of our fine cows, all our turkeys, fowls, &e. Many of our outhouses fell down; but I am thank• ful to say none of the servants who live there were killed, which has happened to many others. la.. deed we have been mercifully dealt with in compa rison with many, the sea water:having ruined the whole of their property, their carriages broken by the falling in of coachhouses, kc. The trouble now is to get good water, as of course the wells have been filled with sea water ; also to get provisions. We live almost upon rice, and that scarce; no bread can be made at present,—flour spoiled and appara tus destroyed. Today is Sunday. I heard it just now with surprise, as I had lost all reckoning of days. " On the evenieg of the day after the night of the storm the rain began to abate. All but the Europeans, and some of these, too, and a few native servants were utterly prostrated. There were fears of want of food for, the people and Sepoys, and of an outbreak in consequence; fears of not being - nblo to get away or open communication ; and fears of the awful stench which must ensue, From the morning of the 3d, I believe, no European who has not been ill, and few of the best natives have been idle from sunrise to sunset. In the ,Sepoys' lines or barracks alone about 300 bodies were buried; these parties were organised with Sepoys to press the natives to work, and for two days I was burying ine charge of a party, like all others. Then the rice warehouses bad to be opened and guarded by Sepoys under us, so as to supply the people and prevent looting. Then there was terrible fear of failure of water. At last one well was found for the whole town and cantonment. Now we are digging in all the high places, and I think sweet water may come soon. Yesterday I took a cask of water to the fort, which is two miles off, standing by itself ; about a quarter only of the population is left there. But, thank God, all of 13 men, women, and children are well, and we are all very hopeful. I am in hopes that sickness may keep off, and the sun is now bright, so that we can burn the bodies and drift in a few days." " Masulipatam, Nov. 4. On ,the night of the let a most terrible cyclone' blew bore. At ten o'clock the cry of The sea is ia upon us!' took us out into the verandah, and the taste told us that this was true, with no hope of life. J— and T—, in whose house I was, saved two or three drowning servants on the steps of the verandah, though nearly blinded and blown away ourselves, and after feeling the sea water rise over the verandah into the house, retreated upstairs. This is one of the few storied houses here. There for five hours we sat, alternately fearing to be swept away by the sea or crushed under the falling roofe, we knew not which was our most terrible foe. liar-' iog swept round the compass nearly, the 'wind abated a little, and, wet through, with 12 people besides ourselves, we slept from sheer fatigue. "By God's mercy NV '3 were more favoured Wan others, some of whom, ladies with children at homer alone, sat on tables downstairs all night ; some with no light, some people standing up to their waists in water all night. Ntxt morning's light showed us not a tree standing—nothing but water to be seen on every side. We went and brought to our house one lady, three children, and her hue, band, who bad floated in the one room left in their house for some hours; we waded through the can tournent up to wgers al:41,101nd vo Eurcp.san life lost ; but life was din'ost all that was left. In fear of the return of wind, or rain, or sea, wo passed the day. "The native town is entirely washed away ; 5,000 natives at least have perished. Food for the living, to enable them to bury the dead, and s o prevent cholera, is most needed. Wo are cut off from most places,—Your loving son, ft 14" . 13.9 THE BROTHERS DAVENPORT AT OXFORD.--- , RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS.--The Brothers Davenport visited Oxford on Thursday, Dec. 8, and gave a private seance at the Town-hall and adjoining council chamber. The public entertainment was announced for seven o'clock in the evening, and notwithstanding the counter attrac tions of the Oxford University Amateur Musical Society, the hall was well filled with members of the University— the undergraduate element vastly predominating. Dr. Ferguson proceeded to explain the nature of the performance of the brothers, but from the moment he appeared on the platform a most determined opposi tion set in against him from the " choice spirits" in the body of the hall, who kept up a perpetual disturb ance to the conclusion of the seance. Those who remember the reception given to "Barnum" and other impostors by the undergraduates, who have always appre ciated genuine talent, will no doubt think there was some thing more in their conduct than appeared on the surface, and from the animosity displayed to the lecturer when he informed them that certain conditions wore necessary for the realisation of the phenomena, it was at once observa'ule that the performance of the brothers was regarded by the students as a " false pretence." Dr Ferguson having at short intervals of quietude explained the conditions, called upon some of the audience to come forward and tie the brothers, etc., and several gentlemen imme diately offered their services, and after a little delay Captain .Owen, the chief constable of the county, and Mr Talboys, a gentleman commoner of New Inn HO, were selected to represent tho public. Without going minutely into the performance we may say that the brothers acquitted themselves most satisfactorily, and the most rigid scrutiny of the captain and his colleague failed to throw the slightest light on the mysterious cabinet. Dr. Ferguson; was assailed with all sorts of remarks during the entertain ment, and his approach towards the cabinet was regarded with the gravest suspicion, and caused repeated cries of , 4 Keep away, Ferguson." The suggestions of the audience to "open the doors of the cabinet," while the manipula- , tions of the cord were proceeding in the interior, seemed at one time likely to be realised ; but a feeling of honour prevented the undergraduates from making such an attempt. After the success of the cord trick suggestions were made by the audience that Capt. Owen should tie the brothers with tape or whipcord; but they remained unheeded. As the performance approached its termination the students became more unruly, breaking down the barriers which separated the room, and destroying the city seats in the most reckless manner in their desiro to reach the platform, Having gained this end with the cake tensible object of inspecting the cabinet, they commenced a series of "manifestations" of a character strange to the brothers (who looked on with feelings of surprise and fear), and the cabinet was in immediate danger of total destruc tion, as they commenced swaying it to and fro with a deter.. mination which at once implied wilful mischief. At this critical period the Junior Proctor, the Rev. Mr Harrison, of s d Oriel College, m seyc a rDs,ks d p, u e vebarae) h il g)i yus a aeh p cti ht p h, oer e eeftr a ced r kns2 a eeiocl n ydemt e lla. ueeesento,dritonitehntirotetel devastation, appearance n e fte e tailat t i onritl : ai 0 , 1 Lei attende d( utybes:rpeooitctit, tirdheef:rja date,hewb exhibited was t i bwi r r wt e h e e e s ehd restored. o h f c rieesi empty, s N :p: ,p w l a u t caterer for the Oxford public (Mr Thomas Hall) who en , gaged them will regret, more then Knv one else, the uric popular recreation awarded tire Brothers Davenport at Os* ford. Later in the evening the brothers gave their dark seance at half a guinea, which was attended by about sixty persons. The Proceedings were most orderly, and the re markable performances of the Brothers Davenport and Mr Fay gave the utmost satisfaction and created an immense amount of interest. Yesterday (Friday) the performances; we!, freely canvassed in the town, and the unanimous opinion was one of wonder and admiration for then rcwark-f able talents. _ _ LADVERTISEMENT.}--HOHOWa) . B Oi11(1)1(11t and Pi Rheumatic Pains. —Many thousands of martyrs from rheumatism have found human life one long disease, and after consulting all the most eminent medical men in vail have ceased to hope . for comfort on this side of the grave until some lucky accident has called their attention to Hal. loway's pills and omtment. These are genuine remedies indeed; persons bedridden fur months with rheumatic pains and swellings, after the ointment has been well rubbed into the affected parts and the blood purified by the course of these pills, have found themselves restored in an incredibly short time to perfect health and eame. This Day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., B E L F O R E S T. ANovEL By the Author of " The Ladles of Bever Hollow " and " Meadowleigh." 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